One of the earliest and most popular blogging platforms is closing for good. TypePad announced it will shut down entirely on September 30, permanently deleting all blog content hosted on its service.
The move gives current and former users a month to export and save any writing or data they wish to keep. After the September deadline, all content will be lost and will only be accessible if previously archived by a service like the Wayback Machine.
This decision comes despite assurances from the company as recently as March that there were “no plans” to terminate the service. TypePad stopped allowing new user registrations in 2020 but provided no specific reason for the final shutdown, calling it only a “difficult decision.”
Launched in the early 2000s, TypePad was a hosted version of the Movable Type publishing system, designed to make blogging simple for non technical users. It was a hallmark of the Web 2.0 era, allowing anyone to publish online without managing their own web hosting.
TypePad’s parent company was last known as Endurance International Group (EIG), which also owns web hosting brands like HostGator and Bluehost. Attempts to create a new TypePad account now redirect visitors to BlueHost’s website. Meanwhile, the original Movable Type software, from which TypePad was derived, continues to be developed and supported separately.